Phases of The Moon

Inspired by a certain gram linski!

The profound mundanity of life

is manacled to the rotation of hands,

pointed at false numbers of hope

and the rotation of the earth.

We live each minute,

some of us,

awaiting that one thing,

that sacred solution

that will make us whole.

Indeed if love has broken down,

like an old grandfather clock,

the pendulum stilled,

the ticking a mere echo of the past,

life can feel even more threadbare,

even more empty and torturous

than anyone could imagine. 

 

16/06/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

This is so relatable. I have very rarely come across anyone who believes their life is totally fulfilled and they want for nothing. As long as I can remember I have felt that there is something missing, but I could not define what it is. And with the clock ticking I am beginning to think I will never find out what that missing puzzle piece is. Great free verse read.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I think a lot of people feel this way. These 'seekers' have a core of discontent and even foreboding as they await that moment, that feeling of arrival in life. Many thanks Chris.

[Chris Shaw]

And when they think they've found it, it slips away as soon as it arrived :))

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed so Chris. Good morning!

[Chris Shaw]

Good morning John from Brixham.

[gram linski]

Loved this, the tick tock of the biological clock, a time to live and a time to die and the time to love is gone, and the moon does not care, every line has more meaning the more I read,*Our Coming* inspired me to a wank, lol, cheers

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Aye say Lang as the second coming was good! Cheers gram!

[Einstein Noodle]

there is wisdom to be had in striving ... tho frustration and disappointments can tempt one to dive even deeper into that abyss .. you could not pick a more perfect song sir .. to me your poem is how depression worsens ... its kind of dark and very powerful says i!
E.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

thank you dear sir 'E'. indeedone can fall into that abbys. Away for a few days so will be somewhat eratic lol

[Einstein Noodle]

enjoy the break ... see you later then :)

[Edie Blue Starfish]

sometimes I wonder if our programming never allows us to feel whole, and so we are always striving for something...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I think for many that is true Edie. Many thanks for the comment.

[kentuck14]

I would agree that it feels that way sometimes . . . but then there are those moments when the sun breaks through the clouds and it all seems worthwhile! J, close is good enough for me, being whole in this world is a false -promise of marketing
for sole purpose of making money! And when they make that money, it's the closest they'll get to wholeness. I pity them!!
T.

[kentuck14]

By the way John, a well written poem!!!
T

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Cheers Tom!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and what is really frustrating is that we get close to that whole so often, but always something missing for us to get there...
and close only counts in....well you know...
good good piece here.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Jacob. I have gram to thank for it as it was a response to one of his poems.